Wild and dangerous performances
Subtitle: animals, emotions, circus
By: Peta Tait
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780230246485
Subjects: Circus animals; Social aspects; Circus; Psychological aspects
Description: Elephants, lions, tigers and leopards evoke fascination and awe, fear and excitement.This book analyses trained acts in twentieth-century live circus and cinema, reveals how humans anthropomorphise animals with their emotions, and interrogates the notion that animals embody a phenomenology of emotions and feelings in culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.